An outcrop from Australia's Inland Sea from millenia ago

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

In central South Australia just north of Coober Pedy, these dramatic upthrusts remain from the days of the great inland sea, est'd at 10~15,000 years ago

1)- one of many mesa-like protrusions standing proud from the surrounding countryside

exif- Panny FZ-2500; 1/400s x F4,0; ISO-125; lens at 3x zoom / 75mm FFequiv + CPL filter

2)- locally called 'the two dogs' these outcrops are very different colours and types of sedimentary materials

exif- Panny FZ-2500; 1/500s x F4,0; ISO-125; lens at 3x zoom / 75mm FFequiv + CPL Filter

As always, feedback welcome
Phil

[wigz]

Very interesting Phil.

[Isac]

Loving those rich colours, only in Aus.

[HansE]

Love those inland colours I'm sure I will see them again. Google reports it at 70 million years ago. . Hope you get to the painted desert.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Hans

A lot of the geological upthrusts for the Flinders Ranges took place in the 30 to 60 million yrs ago, but the "Inland Sea" drained -I am told- between 10 and 20,000 yrs ago more or less at the time when Bass Straight was formed. All thru central Oz and including Uluru + KataJuta outcrops, even today one finds sea shells embedded in the sandstone rocks

Phil